The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-02-24
J. j. cLENNER.

live III Crssco, am a physician and surgeon
an! anu have been Tor thirty .ears. Am coroner of
80 my attention was called to the remains Of some
person near the sand pit here In town. / sum.
moncd q jury aud went down there, and found a
skeleton =, " human being i was within 10 or
- ieet VI what il called the sand pit of the road
leading down 70 New Oregon. This was in No.
vember b found on the body a watch and
purse. took possession Of those and We brought
the remains up here. showed the watch 10 John
Habtrly, ~. The skeleton had coat shirt vest,
pants aud boots on. We went to the undertaker
ana got q wagon and box and went down there
ann h llea J, up ana put i in the box brought j,
while there Jshn Haberly, ST.. examined the re.
mains while the clothing WAS on them The re-
maths were those OF full grown person, but
whether male or female could not tell The
Clothing was the dress Of male. Examined the
skull counsel hands saul 10 witncss.) | should
judge that i the same skull The aperture iii the
back oi the right hand side OF the skuIl lust ha
Of The ear was in there a. the time discovered it
The fracture on the lett hand side Of the skull 4,
The neishborhood OF the car was there Is il il Al
present when discovered it. This break in til.
frontal sinus between the eyes Was In the sams
condition Us now when discovered II. and ais
the fracture running from II towards the RICH
hand side OF the skull. We found q bullet insid,
shows same To jury that ID the bullet we found ii
the skull don't know the weight Of bullet, hay,
not weighed il.
Cross Ix.
That Was the same bullet that was before tn
grand jury.
REDiRECT II.
The aperture III tho back OF the head coul
I've ,sns.a by the bullet We found 10 the skull
should think twould cause almost ilnmcd In,
death The bullet might prcforatc the cerebeu,
nn. OIL course II would depend uron the directi.
ture on the lett side OF the skull / should su
wonid not produce immediate death, q perso
might live Tor number Of houn. 1 investigate
Al fhuf fito ts,srs -
caused by bal, took the ball out and have
with Int, lhands to counsel This bal. that too
effect III tie frontal sinus did not penetrate in,
.e cavity o. the skull Ihe bones q the 'front.'
dificuls Of penetration: saw no other injury
the remains than those upon the skull.
Doctors Connolly and Barrett testified subs,a,
tally The sanle a. D1. Clcmmer.
II. NcHucH SWORN 1oR DEFENDANT.
WAS one Of the Coroner. Jury in inquirin
conversation with the defendant in the iail: i
had previous TO that been before the Coroner
Jury. When went to the jail, on Saturday Il,
Coroner aud the three jurors went with me-
think It was about II O'Clock at night. | thin
We were there 10 o. 70 minutes. ne went
state 70 him the testimony he had given before ,
had been disproyed, aud TO give him An opporti
MY MY y make different statement II h
mer anu talked with him together about IN,
and stated 10 him, We thought II would be bei,,
for him TO own UP this matter and tell il a. II va
and liot make any more mis.statcmcnis about
ana that II he made any more statements til,
were iaise he would suffer by it. | said 10 hil
II he made any further statement II would /
voluntary on his part, but to be careful and tc
the truth, Us we we're bound TO eih the matter
the bottom. aud that ii we could contradict III
statement. he wonld then make TO US, If any. an
We could disprovc It, the chances were his Ii
the truth.
Z You told him sou had discovered the stat,
ment hc had already made was untrue?
- les we talked with him saturday nig,
about ~ minutes. This was repeated 70 him thre
or four times that hight think, told him ii i
made any staiement that we would not see hi,
injured We would see he was protected I'll
Sheriff had given us to understand lie was a,
parently afraid. lie WAS lying OH the bed erwin
about al the time, pretty much detected. As
his mental capacity, should judge he was rath,
not very strong minded man. The sheriff sal
he would SIT up with him tina. night alter v
went away.
a II vas arranged that you were to CON
down next morning and zee what the sheriff ha
accomplished during the night?
\ ies, about tile only word he said that ngI
was, he would see us In the morning and y
told him We would come down In the rnornin,
confession ~ the sheriff.
think Dr. cle,nmer spok. first to the ma
when he went lHtO the cell. l IDtuk Tie 1tlI Gsf
we had disproved his statement Of his where
abouts on the night of the murder and had ii,
cided 10 hold him for the crime. He said nothii,
70 that Cemnler told him we came there TO gis
him an opportunity to correct his statement
Friday night. Glelnmer told him any statemei
he would make would be voluntary. We did Ut
ask him 10 make any unless he saw At, Dnt II h
made any i. careful and ma e a truthful s,a,.
about befriending him. I think stated 10 his
tina, Ii. need not be afraid to mako any statement
we would see he was protected.
q What were you speaking about with reiel
enCe 10 being protected?
A think meant o. Far as was concerned h
world no, be niolested BY violence Of any kind.
q Vas this talk about protection proseciin
him against violence OF any kind.
No. he made no statement at that nigh
said he would sec us in the morning.
q Al that time were there any promises mad
tt him of any kind Of immunity from puni>i
melit or anything of that kind II he would max
4 10. dom. think there was DR.. GLENN,
would tell the truth II might be better for him b,
fore the court think something Of that natnr,
q At tina. time were there any threats mud
a no threats that know Of.
REDIRECT Ex.
Q lon mean sou made no shrea" in ii
hadn't heard OF any threats. had hee
on the coroners jury. / spoke 10 no one OF the ca
whatever up ~ that time.
1EcRoss TX.
@ Did any Of you who went there make OIL
threats against him:
A No.
REDIRECT TX.
We told him there was testimony enough IN hol
him aud We had decided to.
o You either told him or DR.. Clcmn,er {
someone II he would own upit would probabl! b
better for him before the court?
Yes substantially hat. when We cAnc kHR